“The wobbly, chiming vessels turn tuned water into a sort of natural synthesizer, complete with organic forms of envelope, modulation, pitchbend and decay. …. The result is soothing and sensual, like a long hot bath. I could soak in it forever.” by Momus, The WIRE

Over the past ten years, Tomoko Sauvage (JP/FR) has been developing her unique electroacoustic instrument Waterbowls, which combines water, hydrophones (underwater microphones) and porcelain and glass bowls. Random percussion with water drops, hydrophonic feedback controlled by hand-waved water waves, and porous terracotta creating singing bubbles in the liquid are some of her techniques that create sculptural and fluid timbres. Her musical experiments are based on a live performance practice that explores improvisation and interaction with the environment. By augmenting primal elements with technology, through ritualistic but playful gestures, Sauvage’s work animates, contemplates, tunes and connects with the material and the immaterial, maintaining a fragile balance between chance and mastery.